The OFFICIAL 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue May 17, 2016 4:07 pm

So here you're basically me in the soccer threads. #kickkickkick

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue May 17, 2016 5:41 pm

Now for some hard-hitting journalism.

If you watched the Blues-Sharks game on Sunday, no doubt you noticed the large-breasted woman sitting directly behind Sharks' coach Peter DeBoer. (The tv cameraman sure noticed her.)

Here's her story.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue May 17, 2016 7:52 pm

And its always De Boer. Its like the worlds weirdest superpower

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 18, 2016 7:34 pm

Hagelin impresses me. Amazing that two different playoff teams dumped him in the past year.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed May 18, 2016 7:51 pm

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rass · Post by **rass** » Wed May 18, 2016 10:05 pm

sancarlos wrote:Hagelin impresses me. Amazing that two different playoff teams dumped him in the past year.

I know, right?

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed May 18, 2016 10:07 pm

Vaselwhatev88 has been fucking great. He fucking stoned them in the second, but that goal at the 10 second mark was a killer.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed May 18, 2016 10:10 pm

Dammit Pierre, leave Phil alone.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu May 19, 2016 9:26 am

rass wrote:Vaselwhatev88 has been fucking great. He fucking stoned them in the second, but that goal at the 10 second mark was a killer.

Yeah, that was one of those games where it just looked the dominant team was going to lose on something fluky. The 10 second goal changed that. Pittsburgh out-skated the piss out of them and their fore-checking was god damn brilliant. The between the legs pass from behind the net with a guy on his back in the first period by Sid was practically supernatural.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 19, 2016 10:58 am

Circling back here, NYR definitely didn't "dump" Hagelin, we were just stuck with our stupid backs up against a salary cap wall because Sather fucked and refucked then fucked us some more with bridge deals and overpriced veterans. Someone that mattered had to go and Hagelin was cost-uncertain at the time of the trade (RFA) so he was the guy. Bad decisions led to a bad trade, but it was known bad at the time, not a retrospective fuckup.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu May 19, 2016 11:24 am

mister d wrote:Circling back here, NYR definitely didn't "dump" Hagelin, we were just stuck with our stupid backs up against a salary cap wall because Sather fucked and refucked then fucked us some more with bridge deals and overpriced veterans. Someone that mattered had to go and Hagelin was cost-uncertain at the time of the trade (RFA) so he was the guy. Bad decisions led to a bad trade, but it was known bad at the time, not a retrospective fuckup.

I specifically used the term "dump" to have a bit of fun and get your goat. And, I looked up to see how the second round pick you got for him was doing and it looks like Gropp had a great year in juniors. So, there's that.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu May 19, 2016 2:33 pm

Had to sell my tickets to last night's "game" because I had a trial all day today. Wish I hadn't even watched it on TV. Bringing the wife for game 4, if we lose again, I may just leave her bad luck ass at the rink.

Post by **brian** » Thu May 19, 2016 5:23 pm

WANT

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu May 19, 2016 6:49 pm

Dammit Andrew Stockey, you blew it.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu May 19, 2016 6:53 pm

I wonder how close they've come to tying to open a place in Vegas? I know they just opened one in Indiana somewhere, and there are a couple in FL I think.

Post by **Sabo** » Thu May 19, 2016 7:23 pm

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I'm going to make it anyway:

Primanti Brothers' sandwiches are awful. Putting french fries in a sandwich is a crime against humanity.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu May 19, 2016 7:42 pm

I never really understood the anti-fry-on-sandwich position, especially when stated so forcefully. Unless you don't like fries at all, you would eat them with the sandwich, right?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu May 19, 2016 8:19 pm

I like the combination of things on a Primanti bros sandwich, but the one I had at Primantis was horrible. Revolting.

Post by **Sabo** » Thu May 19, 2016 8:39 pm

rass wrote:I never really understood the anti-fry-on-sandwich position, especially when stated so forcefully. Unless you don't like fries at all, you would eat them with the sandwich, right?

Maybe I've been unlucky with the few times I've had fries on a sandwich. In each instance, the fries were cold and greasy, which is never a winning combination for a fry. This isn't just a Primanti's thing ... there's a chain here in Cleveland called Panini's and they do the same thing. And again, the fries were cold and greasy. It just didn't add anything positive to the dining experience.

(I'm also a little fired up today because of shit that's going on at work, so I'm probably being more argumentative than normal.)

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu May 19, 2016 8:43 pm

Sabo wrote:
rass wrote:I never really understood the anti-fry-on-sandwich position, especially when stated so forcefully. Unless you don't like fries at all, you would eat them with the sandwich, right?
Maybe I've been unlucky with the few times I've had fries on a sandwich. In each instance, the fries were cold and greasy, which is never a winning combination for a fry. This isn't just a Primanti's thing ... there's a chain here in Cleveland called Panini's and they do the same thing. And again, the fries were cold and greasy. It just didn't add anything positive to the dining experience.

(I'm also a little fired up today because of shit that's going on at work, so I'm probably being more argumentative than normal.)

You are just pissed your dandelions caused your neighbor to call the medics.

Post by **Sabo** » Thu May 19, 2016 8:50 pm

Guilty!

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu May 19, 2016 9:19 pm

Panini's was the name of the place here too. It closed years ago. Was in Ybor, and it was a fantastic 3 a.m. sandwich.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 19, 2016 9:58 pm

sancarlos wrote:I specifically used the term "dump" to have a bit of fun and get your goat.

Well that obviously didn't work and it didn't bother me at all as you can see.

sancarlos wrote:And, I looked up to see how the second round pick you got for him was doing and it looks like Gropp had a great year in juniors. So, there's that.

I like Gropp a lot, great profile ... but we didn't get a 2nd rounder. We flipped 2nd rounders and moved up.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 19, 2016 9:58 pm

Fries on a sandwich is dumb as fuck and a textural nightmare.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri May 20, 2016 6:01 am

mister d wrote:Fries on a sandwich is...a textural nightmare.

See that would have been an opinion and I couldn't have argued with it. Perfectly reasonable take.

I however love their sandwiches, and cobbled together a homemade one for this past Monday's TBL/PIT game.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri May 20, 2016 6:54 am

rass wrote:
mister d wrote:Fries on a sandwich is...a textural nightmare.
See that would have been an opinion and I couldn't have argued with it. Perfectly reasonable take.

I however love their sandwiches, and cobbled together a homemade one for this past Monday's TBL/PIT game.

How about you don't do that tonight, OK?

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri May 20, 2016 7:03 am

govmentchedda wrote:
rass wrote:
mister d wrote:Fries on a sandwich is...a textural nightmare.
See that would have been an opinion and I couldn't have argued with it. Perfectly reasonable take.

I however love their sandwiches, and cobbled together a homemade one for this past Monday's TBL/PIT game.
How about you don't do that tonight, OK?

For an away game? Never!

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri May 20, 2016 7:47 am

we have a Lebanese food truck here that puts fries inside a beef or chicken pita. It's a little weird.

Post by **Sabo** » Fri May 20, 2016 7:51 am

So ... how 'bout them Sharks?

Thornton's pass for Hertl's second goal was pretty outstanding.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri May 20, 2016 8:06 am

Is potato chips inside a cold hoagie like an Italian hoagie a thing outside Philly? It's not a very common thing here, but it's done. But when I did it in North Jersey in college and LS, people looked at me funny.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri May 20, 2016 9:11 am

We talked earlier about MAF and Murray and whether the opposing team cares who is in net. I have a hypothesis about the Bolts that says that Bishop plays the puck more out of the back end than Vasy does. I have no stats to back this up, but as you've seen Andrei is a fantastic shot stopper. I'm not sure he's the play starter that Bishop is.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri May 20, 2016 9:20 am

So he's Lundqvist? Enjoy having everyone in front of him go to shit and never winning a Cup.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri May 20, 2016 9:23 am

Too late to screencap that entire last post and make it mister d's new avatar?

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri May 20, 2016 9:42 am

Ouch. And ouch.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri May 20, 2016 9:50 am

Sabo wrote:So ... how 'bout them Sharks?

Thornton's pass for Hertl's second goal was pretty outstanding.

Yeah! I am kind of shocked at how good the Sharks have been looking. Especially defensively. They've played better in the playoffs than the more-ballyhooed teams of the past ten years ever did. St. Louis had more shots, but they were mostly long slap shots that weren't big trouble for the goalie. The Sharks had a number of good looks in close that were started by counter-punch rushes.

I'm a little concerned that that St. Louis might now try to goon it up with Reaves, or have Ott or Upshall do their nasty little stuff. They have to try something different.

Too bad you aren't traveling out here now Sabo - maybe we could get you to a playoff game.

Post by **Sabo** » Fri May 20, 2016 10:03 am

sancarlos wrote:
Sabo wrote:So ... how 'bout them Sharks?

Thornton's pass for Hertl's second goal was pretty outstanding.
Yeah! I am kind of shocked at how good the Sharks have been looking. Especially defensively. They've played better in the playoffs than the more-ballyhooed teams of the past ten years ever did. St. Louis had more shots, but they were mostly long slap shots that weren't big trouble for the goalie. The Sharks had a number of good looks in close that were started by counter-punch rushes.

Their defense in the last five minutes after Hitchcock pulled the goalie was tremendous. I think St. Louis had two shots on goal during that entire time. Rather impressive for a six-on-five situation.

sancarlos wrote:Too bad you aren't traveling out here now Sabo - maybe we could get you to a playoff game.

I'd enjoy that. I need to invest in some Sharks gear of some kind. Still kind of kicking myself for not getting a Ryane Clowe jersey when we went to the first game. Right now the only NHL team I have gear for is the Pens. If this ends up a Sharks-Pens series for the Cup, I'm not sure who I'll root for.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Fri May 20, 2016 12:32 pm

degenerasian wrote:we have a Lebanese food truck here that puts fries inside a beef or chicken pita. It's a little weird.

So what's the opinion on California style burritos? (If unaware they're burritos with fries added.)

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri May 20, 2016 12:38 pm

Rush2112 wrote:
degenerasian wrote:we have a Lebanese food truck here that puts fries inside a beef or chicken pita. It's a little weird.
So what's the opinion on California style burritos? (If unaware they're burritos with fries added.)

never tried, we have Burritos with sushi in them!

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri May 20, 2016 12:39 pm

Rush2112 wrote:So what's the opinion on California style burritos? (If unaware they're burritos with fries added.)

Don't lay that crap on Cali. I've never heard of such a thing (and I hate it with extreme prejudice.)

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri May 20, 2016 1:06 pm

howard wrote:
Rush2112 wrote:So what's the opinion on California style burritos? (If unaware they're burritos with fries added.)
Don't lay that crap on Cali. I've never heard of such a thing (and I hate it with extreme prejudice.)

Howard Johnson Reynolds is right! Harrumph harrumph.